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Akechidaira Ropeway

Posted in Japan, Places to visit

Tagged nikko, nature

Akechidaira Ropeway, located just off the famous Irohazaka road in Nikko, offers unsurpassable views over Lake Chuzenji and Kegon falls from the top of a nearby mountain. The ride itself is short and not very exciting, but the views are of a kind you won’t get anywhere else.

Tamozawa Imperial Villa

Posted in Japan, Places to visit

Tagged nikko, architecture, garden

Traditional Japanese residence with spacious garden in Nikko.

View from Akechidaira overlook in fall (Nikko national park, Tochigi prefecture)

3 days in Nikko

Posted in Japan, Places to visit

Tagged nikko, nature

This post is part of a series called Japan 2016 Nikko is one of my favorite places in Japan. When I lived in Tokyo, I used to come here for…

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Walking from Bois de Boulogne to my apartment in T

Walking from Bois de Boulogne to my apartment in Trocadero. Beautiful weather these days in Paris.

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Day 4 of my Iceland Ring Road trip was a rainy day

Day 4 of my Iceland Ring Road trip was a rainy day. Very, very rainy day. When they say, don’t come to Iceland without proper raingear – believe it. Even if it’s not raining, you’ll get drenched at larger waterfalls in seconds if you’re not covered from head to toe. Today my raingear proved its worth, especially the pair of rainpants that I last wore 10 years ago and almost passed down to someone who needs them more. Thank goodness I put them in my bag last minute.

I didn’t have to cover a lot of ground today (another lucky thing), so I spent all of my time in Skogar that apart from one very famous waterfall has another waterfall and a very nice local museum.

I actually liked the less famous waterfall (Kvernufoss) more. It’s smaller, but has more character to it. Skogafoss is cool but very… straightforward :)

And this night I’m staying in Vik. Have you seen TV show “Katla”? Yes, there :) Upon my arrival it wasn’t covered in volcanic ash, but was covered in fog, so I still don’t know what it normally looks like. Hopefully tomorrow :)

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Enjoying Dynjandi waterfall. One of the highlights

Enjoying Dynjandi waterfall. One of the highlights of my day.

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Day 8 of my Iceland Ring Road trip was a long day,

Day 8 of my Iceland Ring Road trip was a long day, mainly due to long driving times, but I’ve had other challenges as well. After a beautiful morning at Seyðisfjörður (the most charming little town I’ve seen in Iceland so far) I headed to Borgarfjordur eystri – one detour I planned to make on my way to Mývatn. It’s a very remote place in the northern part of Eastfjords knows for its scenery and elves (among other things). I wanted to go mainly for the elves, but scenery was also a consideration. Anyways, all was good until I hit the unpaved section of the road that I didn’t know about, and my GPS was telling me that I still had 32 miles to go. I almost turned back at this point - 32 miles of gravel road on a rental Toyota Yaris is very unpleasant - but eventually decided to google and found out that it’s just one section of the road. So I bravely went ahead – the section turned out to be just 8 miles long (still unpleasant, but doable). I was rewarded with amazing vistas from the remaining of the road – and the wonderful experience at Álfaborg (Elf Rock). If you’re a meditator, spiritual practitioner or just a person with heightened sensitivity – I recommend. Very interesting power spot in Iceland.

Today was also the day I got myself acquainted with Icelandic police. I was wondering since day 1 how much police is there in Iceland and where they all are – and also why some people on the road are driving too fast, while others are driving too slow. I was probably thinking too loud, so the Universe granted me with answers. The police is, obviously, on the Ring Road, and people who are driving too fast simply haven’t encountered them yet :)

Anyways, the officer was very kind and let me off with a warning. Now I’ll be joining the ranks of the slow people on the road :)

Total driving time today (without stops) – 6 hours. Staying at Mývatn for 2 nights – let’s see how much of it I can explore under the forecasted rain. Today I just stopped at Námaskarð Pass to take pictures of colorful fumaroles.

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Enjoying sunset at Hofn. #iceland #höfn #femal

Enjoying sunset at Hofn.

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Day 7 of my Iceland Ring Road trip was mostly spen

Day 7 of my Iceland Ring Road trip was mostly spent driving through the eastern part of the country, but it was a very scenic drive. I actually enjoyed driving in the fjords, where the road contours the landmass, so you have to constantly go in and out. My favorite part of this was turning the corner on the outer side and seeing the new beautiful fjord open up before me. Very exciting every time. And there's a mountain there that from one side looks like a perfect pyramid. Like it's man-made, fascinating. Not from every angle of course :)

But all this zigzagging makes for a very long journey. Just driving (without stops) was 3 hours today, with stops it was 6. I’m spending the night at the beautiful Seyðisfjörður. The road leading to it is even more beautiful – why they didn’t think of making even one pullout along the way is beyond me. So, unfortunately, no photos from that road.

Tomorrow I’m headed towards Mývatn, and it will be a long day.

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